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Travel writer recounts paddling Columbia River Astoria School of Ballet presents public Charlotte Austin to share stories, photos at Nature Matters ASTORIA — Their plan was simple: Follow the river to the ocean. Beginning at Beacon Rock, they paddled through the stun- ning Columbia River Gorge, past the Portland/Vancouver metro area, along and through several national wildlife refuges to their ¿QDOGHVWLQDWLRQLQ$VWRULD The next Nature Matters will present an evening of stories and photographs with travel writ- HU &KDUORWWH $XVWLQ DW SP Thursday, May 21 at the Fort George Lovell Showroom. This event is free and open to the public. During the last week of Oc- WREHU $XVWLQ DQG VHYHUDO friends and colleagues took an incredible, seven-day kayak- Nature Matters 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21 Fort George Lovell Showroom 426 14th St., Astoria Free ing journey along the Lower Columbia River Water Trail, a 146-mile route stretching from Bonneville Dam to the Pacif- ic Ocean. While following the paddle strokes of Lewis and Clark, they saw eagles, salmon and sea lions camped on unin- habited islands, explored urban Submitted photo At the next Nature Matters, travel writer Charlotte Austin will talk about her seven-day kayaking journey along the Lower Columbia River Water Trail. waterways, weathered a few storms, and met some delightful strangers who are now friends. $XVWLQUHWXUQVWR$VWRULDWRWHOO her adventure stories, share pho- tos and video and show off the scars from her blisters. $XVWLQ LV D ZULWHU HGLWRU and mountain guide living in Seattle, Washington. She did her undergraduate work at Scotland’s University of Saint $QGUHZVDQGWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI Washington, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in envi- ronmental studies. She also at- WHQGHGWKH0DVWHURI)LQH$UWV program at the University of $ODVND$QFKRUDJH LQ FUHDWLYH QRQ¿FWLRQ $XVWLQZDVWKHZULWHULQUHV- idence at the Oregon State 8QLYHUVLW\¶V +- $QGUHZV Experimental Forest as part of the Long Term Ecological 5HÀHFWLRQV SURJUDP LQ 2FWR- ber 2013. Last year, she led a panel on transmedia storytelling WHFKQLTXHVDWWKH$VVRFLDWLRQRI Writers & Writing Programs in Seattle and attended a month- long artist residency at Jentel in Wyoming. Nature Matters, a lively con- versation about the intersection of nature and culture, takes place on the third Thursday of each month, October through May. Nature Matters is hosted by Lewis and Clark National Historical Park in partnership with the North Coast Watershed $VVRFLDWLRQ DQG )RUW *HRUJH Brewery. Fort George Lovell Show- room is located at 426 14th St. Doors will open at 6 p.m. performance of ‘Cinderella’ May 15 See 41 student dancers bring this classic fairy tale to life on the Liberty Theater’s stage Submitted photo Magwire Hammond of Portland Festival Ballet will dance the title role in “Cinderella.” ASTORIA —7KH$VWRULD6FKRRO of Ballet will offer a vibrant presentation of Sergei Prokof- iev’s “Cinderella,” based on the 7 p.m. Friday, May 15 Charles Perrault fairy tale, on Friday, May 15 at the Liberty Liberty Theater Theater, located at 1203 Com- 1203 Commercial St., Astoria mercial St. The ballet will feature guest $10 adults, $5 children DUWLVW$OH[DQGHU1HJURQFRXUWH- sy of Oregon Ballet Theatre, as the Prince, and Magwire Ham- mond of Portland Festival Ballet VFKRRO VWXGHQWV ZLWK D ¿QDO in the title role. VKRZRSHQWRWKHSXEOLFDWSP $VWRULD 6FKRRO RI %DOOHW Friday. will put on three shows for area With 41 students from the In Their Footsteps talks cataclysms on the Columbia River ‘Cinderella’ 2¶&RQQRU LV D 3DFL¿F Northwest native with a long interest in the processes and ASTORIA — Lewis and Clark Clatsop visitor center. LFHDJH ÀRRGV WKH /HZLV DQG volcanism fewer than 25 years events shaping the remark- National Historical Park, Fort Geologic cataclysms af- Clark Expedition members earlier. able and diverse landscapes of Clatsop announces the next In fecting the Columbia River drifted past a submerged forest This talk weaves Capt.s the region. He pursued these Their Footsteps free speaker Gorge include the gigantic ice and portaged Cascade Rapids, Meriwether Lewis and Wil- interests with a Bachelor of series event. This program is DJH ÀRRGV WKRXVDQGV RI \HDUV the result of a huge landslide OLDP &ODUN¶V ¿UVW PDSV DQG Science in geological sciences “Lewis and Clark and Cata- ago. Others involve more hu- only 350 years before their observations of these three ar- at the University of Washing- clysms on the Columbia” pre- man timescales. In addition to H[SORUDWLRQ $W WKH GRZQ- eas into a narrative of modern ton and Master of Science and sented by Jim O’Connor at 1 shooting through the narrows stream end of the gorge, they geologic thinking about land- Ph.D. degrees at the Univer- SP 6XQGD\ 0D\ LQ WKH at The Dalles of the Columbia, walked on rich bottomlands scape formation, particularly VLW\ RI $UL]RQD 6LQFH Netul River Room of the Fort perhaps a remnant of the great partly formed by Mt. Hood for the Columbia River Gorge. he has studied regional rivers $VWRULD 6FKRRO RI %DOOHW FKR- reography by director Margaret :DOODQG3URNR¿HY¶VOXVKWK century score, “Cinderella” is sure to delight. Performances are made pos- sible with support from the Clat- VRS&XOWXUDO&RDOLWLRQ$OO6HD- son’s Kidstuff, Wi-mahl Family Clinic, City Lumber, and Baked $ODVND5HVWDXUDQWDQG/RXQJH Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and under. Tickets are available at the /LEHUW\7KHDWHUER[RI¿FHDQGDW ticketswest.com and landscapes, for the last 18 years with the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland. This monthly Sunday fo- rum is sponsored by the Lewis &ODUN 1DWLRQDO 3DUN $VVR- ciation and the park. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge. For more information, call WKHSDUNDW May 14, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 11
